Clothes-line pulley.



I. JOHNSON.

CLOTHES LINE PULLEY. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. 191

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IVER JOHNSON, 0F VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TONICHOLAS COOK, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CLOTHES-LINE PULLEY.

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Application filed. March 25, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IVER JOHNSON, a citizenof the United States, residing at Vancouver, in the Province of BritishColumbia and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes-Line Pulleys, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes-line pulleys and hasfor its object the provision of a pulley of the class described ofsimple and economical construction, that is particularly eflicient anduseful in the work for which intended.

A further object of the invention is the provision with the pulley, ofguide-bars of novel construction for leading the line to the grooveabout the pulley-wheel.

The invention consists in the novel construction of the pulley-wheel andparticularly in the adaptation of means for securing the plates of atwo-part wheel together to avoid the use of rivets or the like.

The invention still further consists in the novel construction andadaptation of guiding means for the line and the combination therewithof a supporting frame and wheel, as will be fully described in thefollowing specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, andfinally set forth in the appended claims.

In said views, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of devices embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view through 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. is a fragmentarycross-sectional view of the pulley-members illustrating the preferredmanner of securing the same together.

Referring to said drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates apulley-wheel rotatably mounted on a pin 2 which is supported in a metalstrap 3 extending symmetrically upon each side of the pulley in normallyhorizontal directions. At its rear end said strap is formed with a loop4 through which it is secured by staple or other device, not shown, to afixed support. Said pulleywheel is desirably composed of two pressedmetal plates 12 and 13 rigidly connected together and severally formedabout their perimeters with an annular channel that corresponds whenfitted together to form a deep-seated circumferential groove 5 for thereception of a clothes-line, or the like, in-

Specification of Letters yatent.

Patented June 22, 1915..

Serial No. 756,682.

dicated by dotted lines 6. Said strap is extended forwardly of thewheel, as at 7, whereat a guide-bar 8 is fixedly secured. The guidebaris preferably formed of a strip of metal folded upon itself to afford atits two opposite extremities eye-openings 9 in line with the groove 5upon diametrically opposite sides of the pulley, respectively. Theguide-bar may be secured to the strap, as indicated in the views, byspreading the medial portion of the folded strip to afiord an opening10, see Fig. 2, through which the ends 11 of the strap 8 are projectedand pressed backwardly upon the outside of said medial portion providinga rigid and reliable fastening. The two wheel members 12 and 13 are eachprovided with a plurality of tongues 14- which are punched from therespective members to project at right angles to the planes of the innerfaces of the latter. The apertures 15 thus provided in a member arspaced so that the tongues of the other member will extend therethroughwhen the members are in juxtaposition as illustrated in Fig. 4%. Theprotruding ends of the tongues of each member are then bent down overthe outer faces of the other member, as indicated by broken lines inFig. 4: and by full lines in Fig. 3, thereby rigidly uniting the wheelmembers.

The eye-openings 9 of the guide-bar serve to lead the line tangentiallyto and from the wheel groove when the wheel is rotated through theinstrumentality of the line; said guide-bar furthermore serves toprevent the line from becoming displaced from the wheel when acted uponby the wind or in the careless handling of the line.

The invention is simple and economical in construction and serves thepurpose for which intended with extremely satisfactory results.

What I claim as my invention, is-

1. In a pulley of the class described, a pulley-wheel, a strap providinga pivotal bearing for said pulley wheel, and extending about the wheelat one side of the axis, and extending beyond the axis in the otherdirection, and a guide-bar fixedly secured to this end of the strap, andprovided with eye openings at its opposite ends.

2. In a pulley of the class described, a pulley-wheel, a strap providinga pivotal bearing for said pulley wheel, and extending about the wheelat one side of the axis,

and extending beyond the axis in the other direction, and a guide-barfixedly secured to this end of the strap, and provided with eye openingsat its opposite ends, the grooved peripheral edges of said pulley beingin tangential relation With both of said eyeopenings.

3. In a pulley of the class described, a strap having a loop at one end,a pulley Wheel pivoted in said strap, a guide-bar fixedly secured to anextension of said strap beyond the periphery of said pulley Wheel, andprovided with eye openings in tangential relation With opposite sidesofthe pulley Wheel.

4. In a pulley of the class described, a strap having a loop at one end,a pulley- Wheel pivoted in said strap, a guide-bar fixedly secured atright angles to an extension of said strap beyond the periphery of saidpulley Wheel, and provided with eye openings at each end spaced apart adistance equal to the diameter of the pulley Wheel.

Signed at Vancouver, B. 0., Canada, this 22 day of February, 1913.

IVER JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

J. B. CoLvARD, E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

